Coping With Plantar Warts

I had originally written about dealing with a mosaic wart back in June of last year. Here’s the update!

Just like the doctor said, they came back! I couldn’t bear to go through the process of burning them off b/c it took almost 3 months for my foot to heal. I went and got a second opinion and was told to try the Dr. Scholl’s stickers again and was prescriped Tagament. With his help, they started to go away and I was hopeful that I would finally get rid of them. About a week after I finished treatment, they came back again!

I immediately starting freezing it every other night for about 2 minutes. It hurt so bad, but I was hopeful this would kill them. Of course, it didn’t phase them and they continued to sprout “friends”.

At a last attempt, I went out and bought Apple Cider Vinegar. I used a very small piece of a cotton ball, just big enough to cover the wart and dipped it into the Vinegar. Once the piece of cotton was saturated, I placed it over the wart and taped my foot so it couldn’t move. I would put a sock on and go to bed. The first few times I did this, I couldn’t stand to keep it on for the whole night so I would take it off and let it air dry. I did this for several weeks, making sure I let it dry out during the day. The wart started to dry out and flake away. I continued this until I got the every last bit of the mosaic. The last treatment I did, turned it the large one black and I knew I had finally killed it. It took me a few weeks to finally get rid of it, but I finally did! I’ve been struggling with these for about 2-3 years, and I’ve been wart free for several weeks and it’s absolutely wonderful! My foot has scars where the warts were, but I’d much rather that then the actual wart.